Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES Pradeep Nandrajog, J. & Pratibha Rani Sandhya Kumari Vs Manish Kumar On 21 Otober 2016 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT 1. Sandhya is aggrieved by the decision dated January 31, 2014 dismissing HMA No. […]
Court: Delhi High Court Bench: JUSTICES D.K. Kapur & S. Ranganathan Sushma Vs Satish Chander On 13 May 1994 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Sections 13 and 25 — Husband’s petition for divorce dismissed — Whether wife entitled to permanent alimony thereafter? (No) — Meaning of the words “at the time of passing […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICE K.M. Natarajan, A.P. Ranga Rao Vs Vijayalakshmi On 26 September 1988 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Cruelty Meaning of — Several attempts by wife to commit suicide — Acts or ‘conduct of the party charged must be cruel according to the ordinary sense of […]
Court: Supreme Court Of India Bench: JUSTICES Vikramajit Sen & Abhay Manohar Sapre Vinod Kumar Subbiah Vs Saraswathi Palaniappan On 24 April 2015 Law Point: Decree of restitution of conjugal rights in favour of the husband. Interim maintenance should not be endorsed. JUDGEMENT These Appeals assail the Judgment of the learned Single Judge of the […]
Court: Rajasthan High Court Bench: JUSTICES Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ. & Vinit Kumar Mathur Lalit Kumar Mehta Vs Sanjeeta On 12 July 2018 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Mental Cruelty — Appreciation of evidence — Marriage never took off — Rash actions of respondent wife under trivial matters — Since childhood […]
Court: Madras High Court Bench: JUSTICES P. Shanmugam & A. Subbulakshmy Sarada Vs V. Satyamurthi On 4 December 2000 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ib) — Desertion : Appreciation of Evidence : No Intention On Part of Husband To Desert Wife and Family : Allegation Not True — Petitioner-wife living with her […]
Court: Supreme Court of India Bench: JUSTICES B.P. Singh & B.N. Srikrishna State Of Orissa Vs Niranjan Mohapatra & Ors On 3 Februrary 2015 Law Point: CRIMINAL LAW : Appeal against Acquittal : Cruelty, Dowry death : So far allegations relating to offence under Section 498A concerned, High Court justified that prosecution not able to […]
Court:Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench: JUSTICES B.S.A. Swamy & Dr. G. Yethirajulu Saritha Vs R. Ramachandra On 9 July 2002 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 — Divorce : Wife alleged she was not Treated Properly by her Mother-in-law during her Stay at House of her In-laws at New Delhi : She […]
Court: Punjab And Haryana High Court Bench: JUSTICE D.V. Sehgal Bhagwant Kishore Vs. Sheela Devi On 9 February 1987 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13 (1)(ia), (ib) — Cruelty — Desertion — Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 — Order 6, Rule 17 — Amendment of pleadings — Petition for divorce by appellant […]
Court: Madhya Pradesh High Court Bench: Faizanuddin Subhash Vs Laxmibai On 24 January 19854 Law Point: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Section 13(1)(ia) — Divorce petition of husband on account of wife’s mental cruelty and desertion — Wife not allowing cohabitation — Wife threatened to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on herself on two occasions […]